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HONORS TO ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. 



At a Meeting of Citizens lield at the Colleotor'a Office, on the tenth day ot December, 
1864, on motion of Mr. Draper, Mr. Moses Taylor was called to the Chair and Mr. S.ini'l 
Sloan was appointed Secretary. 

Mr. M. 0. Roberts submitted the following : 

Recognizing the illustrious service, heroic bravery and tried loyalty which have dis- 
tinguished the life of Rear-Admiral D. G-. Farragut in the cause of his countrj- — 
especially the lofty spirit of devotion by which he has been animated during all the 
period of the present war, and the signal victories achieved by him over the utmost skill 
and eft'ort of rebellion ; therefore, 

Resolved, That a committee of citizens be named by the Chair, -with power to 
add to their number, to receive Admiral Farragut on his arrival, now soon expected, at 
this port. 

Resolved, That a Federal salute be fired in honor of the arrival of the flagship Hartford, 
with Admiral Farragut on boai-d. 

Resolved, That the City of jSTew-Tork, following the example of the great free cities of 
the world, in doing honor to their illustrious countrymen, honors itself by tendering to 
Admiral Farragut an invitation to become a resident thereof, and that the committee be 
instructed to devise the best mode of carrying this resolution into effect, so that the man, 
his achievements and his fame may belong to the city. 

Resolved, That we see, with the highest satisfaction, that the President, in his annual 
message, and the Secretary of the Navy, recommend the creation of a higher grade of naval 
rank, with the designation of Admiral Farragut as the recipient, as a national recognition 
of distinguished service and exalted patriotism. 

Resolved, That the offer made by the Collector, of a revenue cutter, for the use of the 
committee, in meeting the flagship Hartford, be accepted with thanks. 

Resolved, That it be resiiectfuUy recommended to the Municipal authorities to confer 
the freedom of the City of New- York on Admiral Farragut. 
The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



MOSES TAYLOR, Chairman. 



Saml. Si.OAN, Secretary. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



A. A. LOW. 
wii. & dodge, 

CIIAS. H. RUSSELL, 
^^ H. GKINNELL, 
S. DRAl'l.R, 
H. A. SMYIHE, 
L. W. JEROME, 
HENRY CLEWS, 
ISAAC BELL, 
ROBT. L. SrUART, 
HENRY J. RAVMOXD, 



John J. Cisco, Treasurer. 



MOSES TAYLOR, Chairman. 

MARSHALL O. ROBERTS, 
JOfLV E. WILLIAMS, 
WM. T. BLODGETT. 
ROBERT H. McCURDY, 
HENRY M. TABER, 
C. H. MARSHALL, 
A. T. STEWART, 
JOHN' J. PHELPS, 
J. TAYLOR JOHNSTuN. 
JOHN A. STEWART, 
S. B. CHITTENDEN, 
MORRIS KETCHUM, 



RICHARD SCHELL, 
DENNING DUER, 
P. M. WETMORE, 
JOHX C. GREEN, 
JAMES W. BEEIvMAN, 
V^M. A. DARLING, 
DANL. DEVLIN, 
FRANCIS SIvlDDY, 
FRANK W. WORTH, 
SHEPPARD GANDY. 
WED. W. CLARKE. 



SAMUEL SLOAN, Secretary. 



■ A TESTIMONIAL OF PUBLIC GRATITUDE. 



Nevv-Tork, December 31, 18C4. 
To Vice-Admiral David G. Farragut, 

Senior Flag-Offlcer of the United States Navy. 

Dear Sir, — It is but an act of duty on tlie part of the citizens of tliis commercial 
community to acknowledge the brilliant services you have rendered to the country in 
guarding its maritime interests, protecting its commerce, and maintaining the honor of 
its flag. 

The gallantry displayed by the fleet, which, under your orders, opened the Mississipiii 
from tlio Delta to the Crescent City, deservedly won the ajiplause of a grateful peojjle : 
but still later in the contest still waging for the restoration of the national authority, and 
the possession of the forts and territory of the Union, your unparalleled skill and daunt- 
less intrepidity in forcing the entrance of the Bay of Mobile and capturing its defences, 
thrilled the hearts of your countrj-men and excited the admiration of every generous 
nation. 

The deeds which illustrate alike your name and the naval history of the republic, 
have been fitly recognized in your promotion to a grade higher than has ever before been 
known in the Amtnican Navy; a rank fairly won in bloody conflict, justly bestowed by 
the government, and gladlj' hailed by the American people. 

The citizens of New-Tork can offer no tribute equal to your claims on their gratitude 
and afl'ection. Their earnest desire is to receive you as one of their number, and to be 
permitted, as fellow-citizens, to share in the renown you will bring to the Jletropolitan 
City. This desire is felt in common by the whole community, and, in the hope that it 
may be not inconsistent with your own views, the gratelul duty has been confided to us 
of iducing in your liands the accompanying Testimonial ; and we lemaiu, 

Willi the highest respect and regard, 

Faithfully, your frienc^s, 

MOSES TATLOK, Chairman. 
Sajili:i, Si.oax, Secretary. 
.lollN .). (,'lsco, Treumrer. 



REPLY r3F Ar»\nRAL FAERAGUT. 



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New-York, Jamianj 26, 186f). 

Vice-Admiral David G. Farragut, 
r;. S. Navij. 

Dear Sir, — ^In a former communication addressed to you, we alluded to some of the 
grounds, upon wliicli the Loyal Citizens of New-York were desirous to express, ip a fitting 
manner, their sense of your claims on the grateful recognition of the Country, for gallant 
services rendered at a period of imminent National peril. 

Of the Fund provided for the declared purpose of rendering you a tribute of respect 
and gratitude, the su^m of fifty-one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars was appro- 
priated to the purchase of Fifty Bonds, issued hy tlie National Government, of the value 
of one thousand dollars each, with accrued interest ; and, we have now the pleasure to 
place in your hands a chect for the surplus remaining from the subscription. 

In closing this duty, one of the most grateful we have ever been called on to perform, 
we offer you the assurance of our earnest hope, that you may long be spared to shed 
lustre on the Navy, and to enjoy the retrospect of a life of usefulness and honor devoted 
to the service of your Country. 

With sincere regard, we remain. 

Faithfully, yours, 

MOSES TAYLOE, Chairman. 
Sam. Sloan, Secretary. 



John J. Cisco, Treasurer. 



FARRAGUT TESTOfOKIAL FtTNi). 



'CaNTMBUTOKS. 



Moses Taylor & Co .:$1,060 

Morris KetcMim .;.;... 1,000 

Samuel Welmore ..- 1,000 

John C.Green .^ 1,000 

K. L. &A. Stitart 1,000 

Brown Brothers & Co 1,000 

Alexander T. Stewart 1,000 

Columbian Ins. Co 1,000 

Peter Lorillard 1,000 

Charles H. Marshall .:....... 500 

George Smith 5d0 

Marshall O. Roberts .;......... 500 

Phelps, Dodge & Co '500 

John Taylor Johnston 500 

Winslow, Lanier & Co 500 

Clark, Dodge & Co 500 

A. A. Low &Brother 500 

S. B. Chittenden 500 

Charles H. EusseU 500 

D.B. Fearing 500 

J.J.Phelps 500 

J.J. Astor, Jr 500 

M. H. Grinnell, President 500 

Paul Spofford 500 

Eichard Schell 500 

W. H. Webb 500 

C. K. Garrison 500 

Francis Skiddy 500 

George Opdyke 500 

Livermore, Clews & Co 500 

Wm. B. Astor 500 

Edwin A. Stevens 500 

Thnrlow Weed 500 

George E. Nesbitt 500 

William Astor 500 

Eufus L. Lord 500 

Cha's Aug's Davis 500 

Eisk & Hatch 500 

James Lenox 500 

J. N. A. Griswold 500 

Sturges, Bennett & Co 500 

Weston <fe Gray 500 

Union Mutual Ins. Co 500 

Theodore Polhamus, Jr 500 

Howland & Aspinwall 500 

Adams Express Co 500 

Grinnell, Minturn & Co 500 

Williams & Guion 500 

American Express Co 500 

Contributor, Newport, E. 1 500 

Colgate & Hoffman 300 

D. Groesbeck & Co 250 

Kinney & Carver 250 



John J. Cisco .........;.;...... '^30 

John J. Crane -250 

M. H. Levin ....; 250 

Henry Parish 250 

W. T. Blodgett 250 

Sam'l Sloan 250 

Ezra Nye 250 

t[. Walbridge & Son 230 

George W. Hatch 250 

Win. A. Darling 280 

S. L. M. Barlow 2^0 

Leonard W. Jerome ; 2S0 

W. W. De Forest 1 250 

L. P. Hawes 250 

Bogert & Kneeland 250 

John AlstjTie 250 

Thomas C. Dnrant 250 

James Low 250 

L. Delmonico 250 

E. Hoe &Co 250 

August Belmont 230 

S. Gandy 250 

William Kelly 250 

James H. Banker 250 

John Steward 250 

Alexander Hamilton, Jr 250 

A. C. Kingsland & Sons 250 

John Anderson 2S0 

Naylor & Co 239 

William Hoge . 250 

John J. Blair 250 

Zeuo Secor 230 

A. Boody 230 

W. H. Marston 250 

E. D. Morgan 250 

Wm. H. Fogg 250 

Commercial Marine Ins. Co 230 

C. C. & H. M. Taber 230 

John H. Harbeck 250 

William H. Harbeck 250 

James G. King's Sons 250 

Jas. Boorman Johnston 230 

Amos R. Eno 250 

Dan'l Devlin 250 

William H. King 250 

American Telegraph Co 25) 

Effingham Townsend 2 jO 

Charles M. Connolly 2U0 

Paran Stevens 2.)0 

Johnson & Lazarus 200 

Vermilye & Co 200 

John David Wolfe ^ 20O 

National Express Co . . 200 



Edward Mintum $150 

Camp, Bunsea & Sherry 100 

Wylie & Knevals 100 

Wilson G. Hunt 100 

Simeon Draper 100 

r. W. Worth 100 

Edgar Ketchum 100 

Eearing & Dalton 100 

H. T. Morgan 100 

Stebbins & Bloodgood 100 

George C. Ward 100 

Starks W. Lewis 100 

John A.Stewart 100 

E. C. Cowdin 100 

James W. Beekman 100 

IsaacBeU 100 

James B. Eads, St. Louis 100 

T. Belknap, Jr 100 

W.H. Osborn 100 

John A. King 100 

James D. Fish 100 

Levi P. Morton 100 

Joseidi Lawrence ICO 

Peter Moller 100 

W. W. Parkin 100 

Sherman &. Wibert 100 

William Niblo 100 

JohnE. Williams 100 

Henry Chauncey 100 

Ockershausen & Co 100 

Paissell Sturges 100 

T.Putnam 100 

George F. Talman 100 

C. S. Messinger 100 

Peter McMartin 100 

H. A. Smythe 100 

R. H. McCurdy 100 

BeDJamin H. Field 100 

Pvobert Pvay 100 

Smith & Dunning 100 

Thomas Barron 100 

H. A. Johnson 100 

Tifiany & Co 100 

AVilliam F. Cary 100 

Oarr, T.iylor & Co 100 

M. K. Jessup & Co 100 

Kissam & Co 100 

Alsop & Chauncey 100 

R. P. Getty & Son 100 

J. K. & E. B. Place 100 

Fred. G. Foster 100 

Hays ct Torapkius 100 

Edward Matthews 1 00 

R. L. Cutting & Co ^W 



C. E. Marvin & Co $100 

Ward, Campbell & Co 100 

S. S. Sands & Co., 100 

W. H. Hays 100 

Caldwell & Morris 100 

Easton & Co ^ 100 

Samuel L. Mitchill &Co 100 

Peter Marie 100 

B.Nathan 100 

C. A. Meigs & Son 100 

D.C.Hayes 100 

W. C.Moore, Jr 100 

E. H. Miller 100 

Stock Broker 100 

Samuel J. Tilden 100 

Thomas T. Buckley 100 

CharlesN. Talbot 100 

John Bryan 100 

Dabney, Morgan & Co 100 

Cash 100 

William Redmond 100 

D. H. Haight 100 

Henry E. Pierrepont 100 

George A. 0.sgood 100 

Palmer De Forest 100 

Charles Butler 100 

N. L. McCready 100 

Joseph Gaillard, Jr 100 

Edward Jones 100 

H. Meigs, Jr., & Smith 100 

J. E. M 100 

Knoedler 100 

F. B. Cutting 100 

Edward B. Ketchum 100 

Robert S. Hone 50 

Henry E. Davies 50 

D. B. Allen 50 

James M. Waterbury 50 

Edward King 50 

Taylor Brothers 50 

H. Dnrkee 50 

B. Cartwright 53 

George W. Wright 50 

Stephen Merrihew 50 

Joseph Allen & Co 25 

J. P. Gumming 25 

George W. Duer 25 

S. Brewster 25 

James B. ^Nicholson 25 

Cash 25 

Duncan C. Pell 25 



Dr. 



TREASUEER'S REPORT. 
John J. Cisco, Treasilrer, in account with Earragnt Testimonial Fund. 



Cr. 



To cash received from 


211 contrib- 
$52 


725 00 


By Purchase of TJ. S. Bonds 

$50 000 at par $50,000 




138 days" interest 1 ,380 


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51,380 
Less one-half per cent 250 

$51 130 00 


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By expense account for printing, 
stationery, special post delivery, 
engrossing, messenger, &c., in- 
cluding the final printing of the 
proceedings for each contributor 354 96 

By charge for engrossing proceed- 
ings of Common Council 80 00 




$51,564 96 


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By surplus balance in check to or- 
der of Admiral Parragut 1,160 04 




$52,725 00 


$52,725 00 



E. K. 



JOHN J. CISCO, 

Treasurer. 



New-Tork, January 26, 1865. 



FARRAGUT TESTIMONIAL. 



HE MARKS OF JUDGE E. P. COWLES, 

AT THE CHAMEEK OF COMMERCE, 
December Vith, 1864. 



Mr. Presidetit and Gentlemen: 

If Eanieiil Hall is associated with all the memories ■which cluster aroniKl the great 
struggle of the Revolution of '7C, and the names of many of those foremost in sustain- 
ing that war for National Independence, it is not too much, I think, to say that the halls 
of tlie New-Tork Chamber of Commerce will long he associated with the memorable 
scenes of the War of the Great Rebellion of 1861. The one witnessed those assemblies 
and consultations of the great and good men who sought to establish that Government 
which those who have taken counsel together in these haUs so frequently, during the 
last three years, have sought to defend and perpetuate. 

Scarcely had the echo of the guns of Rebellion, which had been trained upon devoted 
Sumter, died away, before these halls were filled — the first of that series of meetings 
anywhere held — with the representative men of the wealth and worth, and high political 
and social position, of this metropolis, devising means, by men and money, to uphold and 
sustain the Government in its opening struggles with the revolutionary insurgents. 

The meeting here held was imitated and followed by like assemblages all over the 
land, and their results have presented a spectacle which the history of the world may be 
challenged to parallel. 

Why, sir, some eight months since, a gentleman of this city, curious in such matters, 
had presented a volume of statistics, which showed that, up to that period, over 
$212,000,000 of private voluntary donations had been made by the Northern people, in 
support of this war — a sum more than sufficient to cover the entire expenses of many of 
the wars, of most respectable dimensions, too, which have been waged on the fields, of 
Europe. 

Most of the meetings of the character to which I have alluded, which have been held 
within the halls of this Chamber of Commerce, have had reference to measures to sup- 
port the Government and aid in the furnishing of means with which to push the war on 
vigorously to its conclusion. The meeting to-day, though not strictly of that character, 
is one somewhat kindred to, and naturally resulting from, these earlier demonstrations. 
It is for the more graceful purpose of testifying our sense of gratitude to one of the most 
illustrious of those who, in the naval service of the country, have, since this rebellion 
began, upheld the honor of our flag and shed unfading renown upon the pages of our 
naval history. 

Admiral Earragut, our honored friend, although scarcely yet beyond the ago of his 
most vigorous manhood, hears a name which is among those longest associated with our 
naval service. A mere stripling of barely ten j-ears, he entered the service in 1810. It 
was his fortune to be with the gifted and heroic Porter, on the United States cruiser 
Essex, during the war of 1812 — a frigate which so long had vexed and been the terror of 
the enemy's commerce throughout the waters of the Pacific. 

Returning from one of her memorable cruises, in 1814, to the Bay of Valparaiso, it 
was the fortune of the youthful Earragut to witness that stealthy and unwarned ap- 
proach of two hostile frigates upon the unsuspicious Essex, while riding at anchor in 
those waters, and, in the withering and devastating fire from these assailants, nearly double 



o>ir own force in men and ■weight of metal, whicli swept her (leeks and made her senppers 
literally run with blood, to receive his first impressions of British ideas of the sacredness 
of neuti-al waters within a neutral port. 

Nor has this been the only practical illustration which our friend has had occasion 
to witness of British ideas of the rights or duties of a neutral nation. 

For nearly four years, in the enforced commerce with the rebel poits by Biitish 
subjects, through violation of the blockade, and in the cruising of British privateers 
against our commerce on the ocean, he has in his professional capacity been compelled 
to witness these illustration.s. Yes, sir, I say hy British privateers; for, disguise it as 
they may, there stands before an enlightened woild the patent, broad and undeniable 
fact, that American commci'co has been neailj- swept Irom the ocean by armed vessels of 
war, openly built by British subjects, in British watei-s, of British iron and British oak, 
mounted with British guns, supplied and equipped with British material and munitions, 
manned by British sailors, and commanded only by lebel officers, who have been forced 
to a stealthy escape through American blockaded ports to be able to stand upon the 
quarterdecks of these neutral British privateers. 

Sir, perhaps it is not for us now to seek to penetrate the vail which conceals the 
future from our view. But it may bo i)erniitted us to believe that some time hereafter, 
when this rebellion shall have been suppressed, as in time it will be, and when its sup- 
pression shall have been followed by the restoration of the Union in all its integrity, as, 
under the blessing of God, it is our unalterable jiurpose that it shall be, our cousins upon 
the opposite side of the Atlantic may then be invited by our Government to a friendly 
conference over the devastations of our commerce caused by these illustrations of their 
duties as a Neutral Power during our grapple with a gigantic rebellion. It is not, i)er- 
haps, foi' us now to say what ground our Government will then assume ; but I have an 
iilea — it may be a I'anciful one — that it is at least among the things j)ossible that Gieat 
Britain may be invited in a friendly spirit to foot the bill for all these losses. 

Should our Goveiument take that ground — and much as we might deprecate the 
necessity, be driven, through its naval pjwer, to enforce it — it is not impossible that our 
friend, who, in his youtli, learned his first lessons of British ideas of international neu- 
trality law in the i^ort of Valparaiso, may, in his ripe manhood, at the head of an Ame- 
rican fleet, be called upon to impart to ourBritishfriendssome American ideas respecting 
the duties, and obligations, and responsibilities of neutrals. 

In such a contingency you will probably all agree with me, that England might find 
him, if not an agreeable at least a competent instructor. Certainly he has heretofore 
proved himself equal to any emeigency which ho has been called upon to meet. 

It is not my purpose now to dwell upon the services which Admiral Farragut has 
rendered to his country, nor is it necessary. 

His name has become a fiimiliar household word ; and the renown of his deeds is co- 
extensive with the civilized world. If the greatness of his naval exploits is to be estima- 
ted by the genius which conceivedthemand the .skill and heroic daring of their execution, 
or by the magnitude and importance of their consequences, history may be challenged 
for that which surpassed the achievements of Admiral Farragut in the waters of the 
Mississippi and the Bay of Mobile. Those achievements are not surpassed by anything 
accomplished by the Hoods, the Collingwoods or the Nelsons of the British Navy. 

Tou probably, sii-, in your boyhood, have read the story given by the English annalist, 
and have felt your youthful heait beat all the quicker as you did so, which relates that 
the morning light of the day of the greatest of Nelson's conflicts with the naval jjower of 



France, saw floating from the topmast of liis flagship the signal, "England expects every 
man to do bis duty." 

AViU was such a signal fitted to fire the enthusiasm of every sailor in the fleet. 
JSut has the world ever witnessed a spectacle like that presented in the waters 
of Mobile Bay, when our honored friend led the van of his fleet into the converging 
fiio of the enemy's foits and iron-armored squadron, not with a signal, but himself 
lashed at a dizzy height to his own mast, and thcxe from his perilous eminence, far above 
the morning logs and the smoke of battle that raged below him. calmly directing the move- 
ments of his fleet ; himself the signal not alone that all should do theirs, but that he wasi 
doing his duty ? 

I must not detain you too long, but I hope it may not be regarded as out of taste for 
me to relate an incident narrated to me this morning by an eye-witness of the scene, who 
is now present with us, illustrating as it does, the sterling qualities of heart aiul soul of 
Admiral Farragut, and presenting him to us with enhanced claims upon our giatitude. 

None of us can forget the startling eft'ect produced at the North, in the Spring of 1861, 
when the news reached us of the seizure, by the insuigents, of the Navy Tard at Norfolk, 
with its vast accumulation of ordnance and munitions of war. At that period Govern- 
ment was almost bewildered by unsuspected defections from among our most trusted 
naval and military officers. It felt as A\'asliington did when he first leanied of Arnold's 
treason. In anxious and sorrowful apprehension, he exclaimed to one of the most trusted 
of his military family, "Whom can we trust now ?'' 

Men, in ItCI, whose fidelity to their flag had been supposed to be unassailable, under 
the influence of the ties of Southern birth and family, fiiends and associations, and 
under the influence of that fal.se and pernicious political philosophy called the doctrine 
of pai'amount State allegiance, many of them, with reluctance, some of them even with 
tears, surrendered their commissions and allied themselves with the rebellion. 

Just iirevious to the fall of Norfolk, Admiral Farragut, himself of Southern birth, as 
was also his true and noble wife, was invited by the emissaries of the insurgent chiefs to 
join his fortunes to their cause. He promptly declined. The effort to change his purpose 
was repeated. He was urged by every consideration that it was supposed could influence 
his pride or ambition, by the ties of consanguinity and place of birth, to side with his 
native South, and still refused. The rebel chiefs well knew the man. They knew him 
better than his own Government then did, and they knew the lion-like qualities that 
slumbered beneath his modest and retiring habitual demeanor, and the achievements of 
which he was capable when the latent powers of the man should be roused to active 
energy. As a last eflbrt to win him over to their cause, they ofiered him any position 
which he should be pleased to name. Admiral Farragut is a man of sincere but unob- 
trusive piety, a piety as modest and unostentatious as is his own habitual deportment ; 
but this assault upon his loyal virtue was more than his nature could endure, and, with a 
sudden and sailor-like burst of indignation, he rejilied, as he pointed to the emblem of the 
Republic, -which floated near them : — " Gentlemen, your efforts are useless. I tell you I 
would see every man of you d d before I would raise my arm against that flag." 

Norfolk soon fell, and Farragut was warned that the South was no place for him. A 
few hours only were allowed him for escape with his family, leaving, as he was compelled 
to do, all his property behind, which was immediately absorbed by the relentless confis- 
cation of the foe. 

He reached the house of a friend, northward of the Potomac, exclaiming, as he did to 
him, " Here I am without a farthing, or a place where I can lay mj' head !" 



In this way came Farragut to us of tlie North, to the Government to which lie gave 
his alleg;lance, to the flag lie has for the last three years upheld in so many fierce conflicts 
with armed treason. 

Mr. President, the divine Prophet of Nazareth — Him whom we all reverently wor- 
ship — gave it as the highest "evidence of the devotion of one of his followers to that pure 
and simple faith which it was his mission on earth to teach, when he said, " He hath left 
all and followed me." I trust it neither irreverent nor inappropriate for me, in this con- 
nection, to say of Admiral Farragut, " He has shown his faith hy his works." 

It is but a little matter for us, here of the North, to he loyal to our Government. 
Education, association, family ties, interest, the concurrent sentiment of the whole commu- 
nity in which we live, make it almost a matter of course that we should be. 

But there have been places where loyalty had a deeper significance, and cost sacri- 
fices of which we have had no experience. On the devastated plains of Missouri, and 
Kentucky, and Tennessee, and Virginia, through their towns and villages, where society 
has been rent asunder — sometimes nearly all upon the side of the rebellion, and the ties 
of neighborhood, of nativity, and kindred, and family, all tend in that direction — where 
allegiance to the Union is treated as treason to the South, and the power exists to punish 
it as such, loyalty to the Government means a substantial thing, which wo have not, but 
which xVdmiral Farragut has, been called upon to meet. "When wo reflect upon the 
sacrifices and temptations which he has met and resisted, as the price of his allegiance, 
well may we exclaim, with the first of English poets, "An honest man is the noblest 
work of God." 

And well too does it become the citizens of New-Tork to give to Admiral Farragut 

this proposed substantial testimonial of their gratitude. For achievements such as his 

the naval powers of the Old World would have sliowcred upon him rank, orders, decoror 

tions, knighthood, patents of nobility, with donations of money and Crown lauds. 

, Under the greater simplicity which prevails with us. Government has not the power 

to do these things ; while, as to rank, our friend holds the highest now known to our 

service. He has sacrificed all except those obligations which he recognized as due to his 

, country and his God to stand by our flag. For three j^ears he has upheld it unsullied, 

; defiant, victorious. "What his Government has no power, to give, him let the private 

, munificence of our citizens furnish. A home here among ourselves, where his later and 

riper years may pass in a serenity befitting the stirring scenes of his manhood ; a home 

which, if not as sumptuous or palatial, will be one to which we, and those who shall come 

after us may }"et point with even more of pride than Biiton ever pointed to Blenheim or 

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